Halina Zalewska
| Halina Zalewska | |
|---|---|
 Zalewska (left) with actress Anna Miserocchi, 1970. | |
| Born |
1940 Switzerland |
| Died |
19 August 1976 (age 36) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Actress |
Halina Zalewska (1940 - 19 August 1976) was a Swiss-born Italian actress.
Life and career
Born in Switzerland,[1] Zalewska was the daughter of a Polish noblewoman and an Italian businessman.[2] She spent her childhood in Alassio, her father's birthplace.[2] Her career was launched by winning the beauty pageant Miss Muretto in 1958.[2] She was very active in genre films, mainly Spaghetti Westerns, peplum and Eurospy films, but her career include also a few art films, including a minor role in Luchino Visconti's The Leopard.[2]
Zalewska accidentally died in a fire in 1976, aged 36 years old.[2][3] She was the half-sister of actress Ely Galleani.[3]
Selected filmography
- The Warm Life (1963)
- Triumph of the Ten Gladiators (1964)
- The Long Hair of Death (1964)
- Giant of the Evil Island (1965)
- Hard Time for Princes (1965)
- Questo pazzo, pazzo mondo della canzone (1965)
- The Ugly Ones (1966)
- Seven Dollars on the Red (1966)
- Nero Wolfe: Salsicce 'Mezzanotte' (1971)
References
- ↑ m. f. (11 August 1958). "Eletta miss Muretto ad Alassio una signorina svizzera di 18 anni". La Stampa (190).
- 1 2 3 4 5 Redazione (21 August 1976). "Alassio ricorda una bella ragazza "che aveva voglia di fare l'attrice"". La Stampa (180).
- 1 2 Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Le attrici. Gremese Editore, 2003. ISBN 888440214X.
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